3D Acceleration Not working with Virtualbox Tools 5.2.6

According to other posts I do the following...

/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 5.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.4
Not software rendered: no
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes
Unity 3D supported: no

So I try rerunning the autorun and add vboxvideo to /etc/modules and then shutdown and restart with 3D acceleration checked. When I do this, however, after the initial screen with ubuntu and the little dots it just gets stuck on a black page.

How do I get Ubuntu to boot with 3D acceleration installed?

Update

I had a request for info on my environment. I was trying to leave that as open ended as possible but here is the setup.

Host: OSX Guest: Ubuntu Normal Macbook so it uses the AMD drivers

Update 2

I have confirmed this is actually using VBOX per

$ /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.2.6/bin/VBoxControl
Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions Command Line Management Interface Version 5.2.6

I confirmed there was a vware lib installed but it seems to be installed by the system...

 apt list --installed | grep vm .... xserver-xorg-video-vmware-hwe-16.04/xenial-updates,now 1:13.2.1-1build1~16.04.1 amd64 [installed]

I removed the package and restarted, however, I still see....

OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.

1 Answer

It looks like this issue relates to OSX. @RobertRiedl looks like you may have been the closest. I installed Developer Tools and XQuartz, this gave me access to glxinfo. Running glxinfo | grep OpenGL then gave me the following...

OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon R9 M370X OpenGL Engine
OpenGL version string: 2.1 ATI-1.60.26
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:

This leads me to believe it is using OpenGL 2.1 which isn't supported by Ubuntu for 3D accerleration EmIRight?

This is also pretty strange as their own documentation says they support 4.1 ()